It's really not THAT original!

I gotto say - the reaction from the black community to 'get out' was pretty surreal to me.
They were like 'this is the movie we've been waiting for decades'. I thought it was ok as horror/comedy - but nothing particularly groundbreaking. So yeah - He is overrated, if only because the hype is so massive.
I think key and peele did amazing work together in their sketches - but their film after they ended that gig - about cat - was pretty shitty.

While I haven't seen 'us' yet - I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be subpar. Comments here say that the story goes to shit in the last 3rd of the film - if true, we shouldn't forget that Peele wrote the script.

Very overrated. US will probably win some undeserved Oscar nomination, like it's predecessor 'Get Out' did for Best Original Screenplay. 'Get Out' wasn't even original!!! It was a blatant ripoff of 'The Skeleton Key' just with the races reversed... wow! So original!! I feel like a lot of the support behind his movies are simply because of racial and political reasons.

If people are calling this film original they probably haven't seen the movies that inspired it which is fair enough.

Sure Jordan Peele borrowed the idea from other movies but everyone has done this. George Lucas borrowed the idea for Star Wars from Akira Kurasowa's Hidden Fortress. There's always a film before that had a similar premise.

The acting, directing and the music are all being praised above anything else. The screenplay is mostly solid but can be a bit messy at times but the good still outweighs the bad. It's a movie best experienced rather than overthought and dissected as to how original it is.

Did you ever see

Coherence ?

I haven't seen it yet but commercials make it look like a version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers to me

Parts of the story from what I hear (haven't see it yet) are also like the series Counterpart.

If Peele himself has claimed that this film’s ideas are all original, then a link would be nice. :D Otherwise, well... looks like you got the pats on the back you wanted.

Though I do like how you brought up The Twilight Zone as if no none, including bigger fans of this film, ever thought of it (darn more younger viewers for experiencing something like Us for the first time btw). Funny enough, Peele mentioned a certain Twilight Zone episode in interviews (and unless you’ve been living under a rock, Peele is excitingly bringing back The Twiligt Zone) when he discussed the inspirations behind Us. But go on...make it seem like Peele is someone who’s never seen doppelgänger stories onscreen before and isn’t giving them credit.

But Peele aside... sure, plenty of people have called this film unique (more UNIQUE than original). However, what I’ve noticed is enough people have said that the film as a whole feels like something different. I personally concur with that! I say its mood, tension, performances, and overall execution is precisely what makes this film standout. And that, to me, is what ultimately matters... an expertly-crafted horror film that’s thought-provoking and entertaining as hell? The last thing I’m going to do is complain about its unoriginality.

Now, I suppose until Peele makes several more films he can be called truly great. But at the same time, some like you weren’t impressed by his first two films (which are widely considered top-tier films) so he is already the most overrated director in recent years? Before I go on, lemme repeat some of the unoriginal criticisms made against Peele’s film... “There similar but far less popular film that deserved more attention!”, “it’s all due to PC-ness”, “Rip-off!”, “I have superior tastes!”... oh please. I without question think he has - so far - earned his praise as a filmmaker and storyteller. Plus, given that he was being underestimated before both Get Out AND Us came out (the former was already being called a fluke), his films certainly exceeded my expectations.

Anyway, you had this whole film figured out? Good for you, I guess. Great accomplishment. But while u and others view Peele as overrated, evidently many more don’t see it that way. He has made just 2 films, but to say Peele he has shown promise is an understatement. So if he knocks it out of the park again next time, then big thumbs up to him.

I think people might as well stay home if originality is what you're after. I mean things haven't been original for a while. And what do you mean by "mirror universe?" If you're talking about parallel worlds and such, then this wasn't it. Honestly, this is even more nonsensical than parallel worlds. Government cloning a section of the population and having them tethered to us and living out our physical actions from the underground? You've seen this before?